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Pound slumps against dollar after BoE move

Pound down 2% against dollar after BoE rate hike
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The British pound tumbled against the dollar Wednesday despite the Bank of England snapping up UK government bonds to try and bring calm to markets.

Sterling dropped 1.5 percent to $1.0570 shortly after the BoE intervention.

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